"Back to glossaryAround 1820, Maillot and Chorier invented a silvery-looking alloy composed of 67% copper, 18% zinc and 15% nickel. Maillechort is also known as argentan or alpaca. This alloy has the advantage of good machinability and weldability. Between 1915 and 1940, nickel silver was used in several countries to mint coins, and today it forms the outer ring of the 1 Euro coin and the center of the 2 Euro coin.
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